I found this chapter extremely interesting. It's very similar to the idea that most students are surface learners, but it puts a name to that game that we all play just to get by. I think because we are taught at such a young age that good grades are key, it's very easy to forget that learning is even really an aspect of school. And since getting good grades is much easier than learning (something that really should be switched), it just becomes a quick and easy aspect of every student's day. A huge reason I think children learn at such a young age how easy it is to sneak their way through school is because most assignments that teachers give to students don't really require much learning or thought; they just require basic comprehension of the task at hand and how to complete it.
I've always known that a large amount of slacking done in schools is also by teachers, but seeing this just confirmed my ideas and gives me a ton of motivation for my own time learning here at URI and for becoming a teacher later on. I ended my time being a player of the school game my senior year, and I didn't really start it until I was a sophomore, so I wasn't bad for too long. But now I realize that not only do I need to crack down on myself as a student, but as a teacher. While in the beginning of every school year it was nice to hear that a teacher would be easygoing and lazy, by the end of the year, I always hated him/her for wasting my time and energy and not giving me anything in return. I know now that if I want to make my life about educating others, I'm going to do it right.
I've always known that a large amount of slacking done in schools is also by teachers, but seeing this just confirmed my ideas and gives me a ton of motivation for my own time learning here at URI and for becoming a teacher later on. I ended my time being a player of the school game my senior year, and I didn't really start it until I was a sophomore, so I wasn't bad for too long. But now I realize that not only do I need to crack down on myself as a student, but as a teacher. While in the beginning of every school year it was nice to hear that a teacher would be easygoing and lazy, by the end of the year, I always hated him/her for wasting my time and energy and not giving me anything in return. I know now that if I want to make my life about educating others, I'm going to do it right.